Skirt-supporter.



No. 718,325. PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

K. M. DIGKERSON & M. T. DUNBAR.l

' SKIRT SUPPORTER. l.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KATE M. DICKERSON AND MARY T. vDUNBAB., `OE BUFFALO; NEW YORK.

'SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,325, dated January 13, 1903.

Application tiled May 23, 1902. Serial No. 108,651. (No model.)

Vof which the following is a full, true, audaccurate description.

The invention relates especially to that class of skirt-supporters used to hold the skirt-band properly around the waist and carry a portion' of the weight of the skirtg-and ithas for its object to provide a simple and cheap device, which is easily attached to a waist, which is light and strong, and which will hold the rear of the skirt evenly at opposite sides of its center, as well as divide the strain caused by the l weight of the skirt equally throughout the length of the supporter. It also permits of an easy andy positive engagement of the skirt thereto, which can when desired be as readily disconnected.

To this end the invention consists of a plate of thin metal curved to conform to a certain extent to the shape of the body and having inwardly and horizontally disposed pins stamped therefrom for attachment to a waist and upwardly-directed hooks also stamped therefrom and designed for engagement with eyes secured to the band of the skirt. l This permits of disconnecting the eyes of the skirt from the hook on the plate with great facility and also permits of quickly and conveniently removing the plate from the waist for use on another garment.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is an elevation of our improved skirt-su pporter, showing the manner of applying the saine to a waist and connecting the same to a skirt. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the skirt-supporter detached from a waist.

Referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals of'reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The skirt is designated by the numeral l and is provided with the usual waistband 2, and 3 is the waist.

LJcdesignates the skirt-supporter, which consists of a metallic strip curved to conform to the curvature of the Waist. This strip is provided with two inwardly and horizontally disyto facilitate attachment to a waist.

posed pins 5, arranged above the horizontal center thereof, and these pins are designed to enter the material of the waist, as shown inFig. 2. The said pins are by preference stamped from the metallic strip and bent rearward and inward toward each other to bring the same in rear of the rear face of the strip By this arrangement of the pins the strip is most securely attached to the waist and cannot be removed with convenience until the waist is unhooked or taken oif, when both points of the waist where the pins are thrust through can be brought to the center and drawn ont between the pointed ends of the pins.

Upwardly-opening hooks 6 are arranged on the strip and by preference are also stamped therefrom. These hooks arearranged at opposite ends of the strip and between the points of the horizontal pins.4

Eyes 7, having securing-prongs 8, which pass through the waistband, are adapted for engagement with the said hooks. The latter, owing to their position at the inner ends of the pins and between the outer ends thereof, cause the strain, due to the Weight of the skirt, to be divided throughout the length of the strip. By terminating the wire forming the eyes into securing-prongs the necessity of'sewing the same to the waistband is dispensed with.

In attaching the skirt to the supporter the center eye on the skirt is first connected to the center hook between the points of the pins on the supporter and then either side eye may be connected with its coacting hook. This permits the skirt to be conveniently attached without liability of disengaging the supporter from the Waist, as the simple connection of the center eye to the hook between the points of the pins equalizes the strain on the supporter and permits either end hook to be then connected without causing the supporter to be deflected in the least,which would cause the supporter to become disengaged from the Waist.

If desired, the eyes 7 may be sewed to the waistband or the hooks 6 may be pointed and the eyes dispensed with,in which case the waistband may be hooked directly onto the said hooks.

By arranging the hooks as shown acciden- ICO tal disengagement of the supporter from the waist is impossible when raising either side of the skirt, as the center hook between the points of the pin carries the greater portion of the Weight of the skirt, and thus prevents either end of the supporter from being deflected downwardly, which would cause one of the horizontal pins to become disengaged from the waist. The center hook between the points of the pins causes the weight of the skirt to be divided and carried equally by both horizontal pins, and therefore prevents sagging of the skirt at either side of the center.

Having thus described on r invention, what We claim is- 1. A skirt-supporter comprising a metallic strip having two inwardly-directed pins for attachment to a Waist, an upwardly-opening hook arranged at each end of said strip, and a hook between the pointed ends of said pins, substantially as set forth.

2. A skirt-supporter formed from a plate of KATE M. DICKERSON. MARY T. DUNBAR.

Vitnesses:

GHAS. F. BURKHART, M. SERVERT. 

